IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2020

Cyber insurance has in some regions encouraged victims to pay as it is cheaper than remediation in some cases. However, many enterprise and large organisations and tech-savvy individuals will realise the benefits of multifactor authentication to secure their accounts. Ransomware will continue to increase. How should you prepare?

Security 98

Security IoT Phishing Ransomware 98

IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

An example of the importance of data privacy is in the healthcare industry, where it’s critical to protect confidential patient information for patient trust and comply with regulations. Conduct regular reviews and remove permissions and authentications from employees who no longer need them. Manage third-party-related risks.

Security 40

Security Data breaches Data Privacy Compliance 40

ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

Chris Gray of Deep Watch talks about the view from the inside of a virtual SOC, the ability to see threats against a large number of SMB organizations, and the changes to cyber insurance we’re seeing as a result. That's an example of AI. VAMOSI: Cybersecurity insurance. cyber insurance as a whole was changing heavily.

Insurance 40

Insurance Privacy Ransomware GDPR 40

KnowBe4

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Do you use push-based multi-factor authentication (MFA)? Budget Ammo] Cyber Insurers Turn Attention to Catastrophic Hacks. Some major cloud providers are being excluded from cyber insurance policies by carriers worried about the potential for major cyberattacks. We announced the brand-new mobile learner app. Save My Spot!

Security awareness 85

Security awareness Phishing Risk Insurance 85

eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Take advantage of how technology is levelling the playing field Technology has broken barriers and created greater access to opportunities in other fields for years: education, healthcare, etc. “…present yourself as a gift…and put into energy solving someone’s problem,” he said.

CMS 41

CMS Phishing Communications Insurance 41

eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Take advantage of how technology is levelling the playing field Technology has broken barriers and created greater access to opportunities in other fields for years: education, healthcare, etc. “…present yourself as a gift…and put into energy solving someone’s problem,” he said.

CMS 41

CMS Phishing Communications Insurance 41

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 2, 2020

The Bureau writes that cyber threat actors are seeking “to profit from a sudden growth in teleworking, increased use of virtual education systems for online classes, a surge in online shopping, public appetite for information related to the pandemic, and the criticality of maintaining functioning critical infrastructure networks.”.

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Phishing Authentication Access 52

HIPAA

OCTOBER 21, 2013

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability of Act demands that all HIPAA covered businesses prevent unauthorized access to “Protected Health Information” or PHI. Google uses Ernst and Young third party evaluated and ISO 27001 certified encryption and authentication. Enter Google’s Business Associate Agreement (BAA).

Compliance 31

Compliance Education Encryption Insurance 31

HIPAA

OCTOBER 21, 2013

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability of Act demands that all HIPAA covered businesses prevent unauthorized access to “Protected Health Information” or PHI. Google uses Ernst and Young third party evaluated and ISO 27001 certified encryption and authentication. Enter Google’s Business Associate Agreement (BAA).

Compliance 28

Compliance Education Encryption Insurance 28

HIPAA

OCTOBER 21, 2013

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability of Act demands that all HIPAA covered businesses prevent unauthorized access to “Protected Health Information” or PHI. Google uses Ernst and Young third party evaluated and ISO 27001 certified encryption and authentication. Enter Google’s Business Associate Agreement (BAA).

Compliance 28

Compliance Education Encryption Insurance 28

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 24, 2024

Fraudulent Authentication These types of attacks are relevant to ‘long term identities’ where a private key (recovered from a public key) can be used to authenticate to a system for a variety of purposes that include: to create credentials that allow authentication into systems with the aim of causing damage or extracting information.

Risk 87

Risk Encryption Blockchain Authentication 87

Information Governance Perspectives

JULY 23, 2020

We know for example that Ransomware pirates are now even targeting law firms just as much as other sectors such as healthcare. My wife, who happens to be an insurance defense attorney, well, we were closely following some of the court challenges, specifically in Wisconsin as they relate to public health measures in response to COVID.

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Passwords Risk IT 52

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Twitter’s verification chaos creates authentication conundrum. As a result, the personal data of 244,850 patients was compromised – which likely includes patients’ names and numbers, but protected health information such as dates of birth and health insurance numbers might also be affected.

Phishing 119

Phishing Retail Data breaches Insurance 119

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Access Control Access controls add additional authentication and authorization controls to verify users, systems, and applications to define their access. Multi-factor authentication (MFA): Uses at least two (2FA) or more methods to authenticate a user, such as biometrics, device certificates, or authenticator apps.

Security 112

Security Cloud Cybersecurity Risk 112

IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 7, 2023

Orion combines these capabilities with other blockchain properties, offering tamper evidence, provenance, data lineage, authenticity and non-repudiation, all while utilizing a standard data model and transactional APIs. Ensuring the authenticity of data is crucial in preventing potential disputes over authorship in multi-party interactions.

Blockchain 66

Blockchain Government Authentication Manufacturing 66

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

Some examples of RaaS use subscriptions, while some need registration to acquire access. Education, government, energy and manufacturing are others. Similarly, the education sector has also become a soft target for ransomware. If you have a cyber insurer , they will have their own processes for responding to any cyber attack.

Ransomware 97

Ransomware Encryption Cybersecurity Risk 97

ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

VAMOSI: Does Mark typically work with insurance? LANCE : we work closely with insurance. VAMOSI: And then there are examples where the ransomware operators are not serious about the ransom-- NotPetya, for example. VAMOSI: So right there, this seems like some kind of authentication bypass. By no means.

Ransomware 40

Ransomware Encryption Authentication Communications 40

Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Board-management discussions about cyber risk should include identification of which risks to avoid, which to accept, and which to mitigate or transfer through insurance, as well as specific plans associated with each approach. Principle 5.

Cybersecurity 60

Cybersecurity Risk Passwords Authentication 60

KnowBe4

JUNE 20, 2023

As an example, in Basic Web Application Attacks, the use of stolen credentials was involved in 86% of attacks. A specific example of their actions involved using a fake job offer to trick a startup into losing over $600 million. According to Verizon, stolen credentials were the "most popular entry point for breaches."

Data breaches 72

Data breaches Phishing Security awareness Ransomware 72

The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2021

This very high-profile caper is part of an extended surge of ransomware attacks, which quintupled globally between the first quarter of 2018 and the fourth quarter of 2020, and is expected to rise 20 percent to 40 percent this year, according to insurance giant Aon. Bryson Bort , CEO, SCYTHE. Tom Garrubba, CISO, Shared Assessments.

Cybersecurity 205

Cybersecurity Government Ransomware Compliance 205

Data Matters

MARCH 4, 2021

These are (i) government entities; (ii) entities subject to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act; (iii) entities subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act; (iv) nonprofits; and (v) institutions of higher education.

Personal data 74

Personal data GDPR Sales Privacy 74